user
Summarize the contents of a news article about the effects of global warming.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/19/world/global-warming-impacts-climate-change-trnd/index.html


assistant
This CNN article discusses the severe and long-term impacts of global warming and climate change. Scientists warn of a "tipping point" of 2 degrees Celsius where global warming and climate change are likely to cause drastic and unstoppable environmental and societal impacts. This could include the melting of parts of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels, extreme heat waves, drought and flooding in various regions, and an increase in the number of species at risk of extinction. To limit the impacts of these climate changes, the article stresses the importance of drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.